WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Trump administration Oct. 6 issued interim rules expanding the exemption to the contraceptive mandate for religious employers, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, who […]
Dear Bishop Kevin, On behalf of the Holy Land Christians and the pilgrims who benefit fromthe Pontifical Good Friday Collection, thank you for your support, as well as the generous […]
By Megan Gettinger In January, Pope Francis presented a letter to young people and announced that the 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saying he was speaking “on behalf of our country and the children whose lives are at stake,” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York Sept. 29 urged […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The nation has experienced yet another night filled with unspeakable terror,” and “we need to pray and to take care of those who are suffering,” said the […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christ calls believers to welcome migrants and refugees “with arms wide open, ready to give a sincere, affectionate, enveloping embrace,” Pope Francis said, launching the “Share […]
A prayer for migrants and refugees On Sept. 27, Pope Francis launched a global campaign to support migrants and refugees around the world. In collaboration with the campaign and the […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Authorities say it may take months for electricity to fully return to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria pummeled the island and its infrastructure as it made landfall […]
By Robert Duncan MOSCOW (CNS) — A few blocks from Moscow’s Lubyanka Building, which for decades served as the headquarters of the Soviet Union’s KGB security agency, the Russian Orthodox […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the aftermath of two earthquakes in the span of two weeks in Mexico, church-based relief agencies have been on the ground providing food, shelter and repairs. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) — If the martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Francis Rother “fills us with sadness,” it also “gives us the joy of admiring the kindness, generosity and courage of […]
By Robert Lockwood FORT WAYNE (CNS) — When former White House strategist Steve Bannon criticized the Catholic Church and the U.S. bishops for their views on immigration, he resurrected widespread […]
